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ArticleEuropean journal of dentistry

Antibacterial effectiveness of probiotic-based experimental mouthwash against cariogenic pathogen: An

Hanaa Elgamily, Osama Mosallam, Hoda El-Sayed, Rania Mosallam

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Article in European journal of dentistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparative Evaluation of 3 Commercial Mouthwash Formulations on Clinical Parameters of Chronic Gingivitis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hanaa ElgamilyRestorative and Dental Materials Research Department, Division of Oral and Dental Research, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Osama MosallamRestorative and Dental Materials Research Department, Division of Oral and Dental Research, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Hoda El-SayedDairy Science Department, Division of Food Industries and Nutrition, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Rania MosallamDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
National Research Centre · EGCairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study is to assess the antibacterial effectiveness of probiotic-experimental-based mouthwash (MW) against MATERIALS AND

methodsAntimicrobial screening of two active additives (probiotic-zamzam) was tested against

resultsFor active additives, probiotic strain exhibited higher mean inhibition zones values than zamzam water against

conclusionsThe probiotic-zamzam experimental MW was effective in reducing

Indexed as

Lactobacillus rhamnosusmouthwashprebioticsprobioticsStreptococcus mutanszamzam

Identifiers

PMID29657519
PMCPMC5883479
OpenAlexW2793466786

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